Saturday, November 6, 2010

Seeing More Stars, Quilting and Gratitude....need I say more?

Generally I'm not an evening piecer as I fade quickly. However with the holidays arriving ever so quickly I've been working on these stars. I've got 86 4.5" unfinished stars to be exact. They are spread out on the floor and soon will be worked into some fun little quilts.

My mailbox still surprises me. OK....my blog friend's surprise me! Jill aka The Quilt Rat is an amazing quilt artist and over the past year I've been fortunate enough to receive these post cards of her work. The latest arrival is the upper right applique flower. I've shared them all with you again and YES....I keep the dust covers on because I'm sure that one day these will be worth a fortune!

Two non-bloggers were so sweet to read a past blog post that I was looking for this fabric. They were kind enough to share freely! I truly hope these two ladies will become bloggers. Jill and Mary Lou....thank you so much for your generosity. Hopefully by now you have found a little something from here in the hollow in your mailboxes.

This is a must share quilt that I recently quilted and is back to the owner. It was custom quilted with a design called, "Scottish Garland." I'm sure she will be posting this soon too and won't mind seeing it here.

I've got so much more I want to share with you but need to learn more first about some opportunities presented to me for quilting jobs this upcoming year. In the meantime, fire up those irons and keep toasty!

41 comments:

What beautiful quilting! I love it! I understand what you mean about not being an evening piecer. I'm not either. I just get too tired, but sometimes I just can't help myself if I've got an exciting project going on!

Mary, the stars are gorgeous!! I've got a piece of yellow stuck back to do a two-color in that small size star -- if it looks as good as your stars, it'll be an heirloom quilt for sure! :-D So glad you got some of the fabric you were looking for! Did you get enough yardage!? Blessings,Mary Lou

I love your star blocks, can't wait to see them made into quilts. Nice gifts, I'm glad you got the fabric you wanted too. I love how you did the quilting on my Figgy Pudding quilt, thank you. Yes, I will share a picture on my blog.

Your packaged arrived and I was filled with suprise and excitement. Your gift has already been 'out on the town' with me once. Let's just say that many were very jealous of what I carried in my hands. I love it! I also love those little stars and can't wait to see what you make with them.

Good work with those stars and I'm happy you were able to get more of the fabric you needed. That would be something very satisfying to me as I hate to run out! It is also especially nice because blogging was able to help you out with this. Nice community of quilters out there reading :-)I am particularly inspired by the Scottish Garland quilting. I love the way you positioned the garland around the line quilting on the block. I have resisted the idea of getting the computerized addition to my longarm but I'm "weakening" looking at your work! Your quilting really looks wonderful!

well Mary........you know that you deserve every bit of the surprises you find in your mailbox.How wonderful that someone was able to gift that sought after fabric..you have to be so delighted. And of course your quilting is outstanding as always......love the Scottish Garland quilt....very beautiful and quite unique.So you are seeing stars???? every time you look in the mirror!!!

I've been a quiltmaker since 1989, married,and have two handsome young men that are my best accomplishment. I've started longarm quilting for others and would be tickled if you would consider me! Please read the heading "May I Be Your Quilter?" for additional information.